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O. D., PADRICKl Self Propelling Vehicle.

Patented July 21,1868.

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No. 80.208. Patented July 21, 1868.

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To ALL WHOM IT MAY' CONeEnN Be it known Vthat I, Os'cirD. PADRIx, of 4Shelbyville,in` the countyof 'Shelby,'endState of Indiana, have invented a new and improved Self- Propelling' Vehicle; endl'doherebfjdclarethat the following is 5.1 full, clear, and exact description thereof, refer-ence being -had-j tothe accompanying'drswings, making apart of this specicstion, in whichf- Figure lis a. vertical section, takenlongitudinally through the centre of a vehicle having 'my improved Apropelling und guidingsttachmeuts upon it.'. 'Y 4 i' Figure?. is u top view of the vehicle and improved ett'achments.

Figure 3 is au elevation of the rear end ofthe seme, showing the pro'pellngttuchmenten one sidef the i body of `the vehicle in section.. v v I Figure 4 is e vertical section in detail, showing e modification of the guiding-device represeiited in iigurelt` 'l Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several iigres. .i i Thisinvention relates to' ,certain novel improvements on self-propellingvehicles, or vehicles vwhich arepro- .vided with springs, which, when wound up, willo perste to tu'rn the wheels of the vehicles, und `tl1 i1 'e|j prop'elthem overroads without horses. l .A The nature' of my invention and improvement consists in so 'constructing-the propellingmechanism tht Ait l can he readily npplied to any common' vehicle without considerable alteration' or'` changethereof,ond'vi'hen desired it. cen be readily removed from the vehicle; and in employing'a winding-up devicefor thesprings, .which 'iord the motive-power, which device is located in a. convenient position` v to the Vseat of thevehicle, so that o. person can wind 'up the springs 'whenever it is necessory, withoutleav-ing his' seat, aswillbc hereinafter explained. i' i j i i The invention provides for the use of' stopping vund stertingdevices,which are ,placed under the control of H lerpersensitting in the vehicle', in conjunction withpropelingdevices, which are constructed and applied to s vehicle, tts will be hereinafter described. i l i Provision is also made for allowing a person" riding in Avehicle, which is Vpropelled by springs,t o guide and control vits movements over the ground, as will bey hereini'zfter explained.' v To enable others skilled in -the art to 'understand my invention, I will describe its constructionsrid operation. i

In thc accompanying drawings, I have represented my improved propelling, guiding,.nd stppi|1gind starting-devices applied to a common four-wheel buggy, having two 4scuts,`A" Acpplied to its'bo'dy. This 'body A is mounted upon ellptiesprin'gs, d.d which are 'supportedfnpon the'nile C C'- oil-the'transpoxtingwheels l?- B'. The front axle, C, is attached to t-he holster et the front end of the r'ench D, by means of a lring' pin, b, which willnllow this uxle to be turned eitherto .the right or left for guiding the vehicle. Aber, a,`s appliedrigidly to the front nxle, C, so as to project orwurd thereof a' suitable distuncetchave attached to it' .the bifurcated Aend of u lever, a; which lever extends upvr'crdycnd 'is' bent backward and 'passed through an l opening, c, and in l-reur'of the front sent Ah This lever a is pivoted by a. vertical pin, b, to thebody A, and its rear hinged exteusioma', `is carried back smits to be convenient to c; person sitting upon the sent 'By i .means of the lever and its uxledm'r, pplied as Aabove stated, o person sitting upon thesent A.1 can guide the. vehicle wherever hc may desire: i V i t t The notched pla'tc R, shown'in iigs. 1 sind 2, henenth" th'e ihinged extension q? of the gudiuglevor, is designed for receiving s'ad lever-extension, und locking the lever and the axle C' insny desired position.

Instead oi' using clever for guiding'the vehicle, as above described, a contrvance shown in iig. 4 may be employed:I This consists f,' u vertical shuft, N, which is supported byu plate, M fastened to thereach ondreach-braces, und extended np'through thebotto'moi' the body A :t suitable heightf-:igiifthe lower entremity of amos 2 this shaft N is a chain-wheel, N, around which a chain, N3, passes, the ends of which are attached to eye-pieces Y,.fastened to-the axle C. By taking hold nf the hand-wheel'l'1 and turning shaft N, the axle C can be turnedabout the king-pin b, and the vehicle guided in any desired direction. l

If at any time it is desired to employ s.' horsefor drawing the velxicle,1the guiding-devices-ean be readily detached, a-nd thills or a draught applied in propel-position. i

v'lio the inner ends of the hubs'J of tle rear wheels B', spired rings-*HA are suitably secured, forming spurredwheels for engaging with the teeth of larger spurred wheels, t h. Each one oi'fthe wheels h is appliedupon-a short shaft, 1t, which shaft has its bearings in standards P P,'that are notched over and bolted to the f axle C in a rigid manner. Upon each one of the shafts ma drum or cylindrical case, G, isi-placed loosely,

containing a spring, S, vwhich is secured at its ends to the' said case Gi and to the shaft n, sothatl by turning said .drum aroundits shaft, the spring S will be wound up'and operate to turn the wheel-Bf through tdw medium oi' the wheels H and he. On the inner sidcoi` each spring-case G, a spur-wheel, g', is fastencdso as toturn with this case, andto turn loosely around the shaft n. The two spur-wheels, on the spring-cases G G, engage with spur-wheels g y, which are ykeyed'to a horizontal transverse shaft, p, which shaft has its bearings in projections` formed on thev two inner standards P l).

One ofthe wheels g, 'on shaft p, haslbevell'ed teeth formed onv it, which engage with` a'bevel-spur \irlieel,iyvf",rwhich is keyed on the rear cud of a longitudinal'shaft, F', supported by an ext'nsip'n of'l one ofthe standards-'- P,` at its rear end, and by .a perpendicular portion cfa' transverse plate, F, at itsifront en'd.I -The bevel-spurv wheelf, on the. front end of said shaft )F, engages with the teeth of abcvel-whee'hf, which is keyed on a vertical rod, E, carrying on its upper end a' hand-wheel, E', as` clearly shown in'ig. 1.

The rod and hand-',wheel, 'ust'd-escribed are arranded on'one sideof the bod 'A in convenient laceto a .l s c y v P personsittingupon the seat A1; and on the lower end ofth'e rod E, beneath the supporting-plate-F, a ratchetwheel, J, is keyed, the teeth of which engage with a spring-pawl,, which prevents the rod F from turning but vin 'one direction- The supporting-plate'F is secured to thereach Band-its braces by mearis of staples and nuts, so that when desired, this plate,- together with the several parts which 'it carries, the standar-dsp?, and 'also the de viees which .they support, can .be readily detached frein the rear axle C', when lit is desired to `employ a horse for` drawing the vehicle.. i

For the purpose ci' starting, stopping, and regulating the speed of' thevehiclefI employ-brakes, t, which are .applied tothe u'pturned ends of a roekingrod, s, so thatthey can be pressed against the periphery of the 'wheels lili. The rod a extends across in front of the axle C/and-is supported by brackets, projectingfromthe maps q .of the standards P. 'ro uw middle-of me .angular the rod s, an am, agis secured, the free'end; of which is connectedto a lever, ,e2 by means of rod e3, so that by vibrating this lever, thg brake-shoes can be applied to orremovied from the wheels h. Lever ci is pirated, in a suitable inanner, to-thoreachD, front f plate. F, and extends lip-through an' oblong slot, e, made through the bottom of the bodyfArso that it can ber vibrated bythe'foot'or hand of-fa person upon the seat-Al.

l' Anotched plate, el, is secured to thepbottoruov the body A, soA that its teeth will project beyond one edge oi theV siete, and serve as a means for catching and holding the lever ez when drawn bach.

Itwill'be seenfrom the above description that the propelling, guiding, and stopping and starting-devices c-a'n all 'he'readily detached frouivthe vehicle, when desired to'use' a horse for drawing it; and it will also be -and transporting-wheels, and theyare arranged seen that with a very slghtchangc in a common bilggy or other four-wheel carriage, the said devices can be readily :ipplied to-such vehicle. A v Byv means of the propelling-devices, which Irhave shown and described, a person sitting upon the seat A.l can wind up the-syringes simultaneously, and keep these springs. properly woundup;' and th'sesn be donc when the vehicle is in Amotio'nor at rest.- The springsoperatc.independently of each other upon the two driving l lse as tcbe entirely out of the way; 4 For the purposeof preventing mud from getting into the gearing, and also for` covering `the propellingv le'.i `:es`, I use guards G', shown in figs. 1,2, and 3, which are adapted for being received andhcld by the stand arde carrying the saiddelvices, und which can be readily removed when desired to iobtain a'ciiess to these devices. I nmaware that manyjatten'ipts have been made prior-to my invention to propel vehicleson roads by means of springs applied sous to operate upon their transportingswheels, 'and therefore I do not desire'to be understoc-las making 'a ,broadclaim to'springs as a motive-'power to Vehicles: A .i Iihave s6 constructcdwthe prpclling-d'eviccs that they are applicable to 'cou 1mon' four-wheel vehicles,.and

l do not require that the vehicle should `be'madeexpressly-fcr thc'purpos'elo'f; using-these devices, vand whilelthis is:l the case, the propelling-devices 'can be readily detached from a vehicle, should it be requiredo useva hbrsV for drawing-it. i

Having described my inrention, what claim asnew, and desire tosecuroby Letters P:itcnt, isf- 1. The application of'spri'ngs S,'springc ses Gr, spur-wheels g', und spip-.wheels t to shufvts n, which are supported upon standards? .upon the axle C, combination 'with spui`.\\-heels appliedtonth'e hubs ofvheels B., and with nieans for winding up said springs'S,'substantially as described. s

2. vThe arrangement of,propelling-devices,*which I haverdcser-ibcd, on -both sides of the centre of the rear a'xle C, uponl standards P, which can beiradirly rcmoved from said Aa'xl'oyin combination with the winding-up rod fi3 ,'appliedto,jand supported by a removable plate, F, substantially as described.'

8. In combination with driving-spursIt h and the devices which operate theee splits, v'I elalim bi1-.alles t t, applied so that they can be mused to ect` upon seid spursznt pleasure, for stopping and starting the vehicle, and regulating the speed thereof, substantially as described.

4. The lever a a", applied to the rod a? on the front yz ucle Cloud arranged as deseribedLinrcombination with n 'comix-plate, Rad n vehiETe whliehis adapted for being propelled, substantially as described,

OSCAR D. PADRICK.

Witnesses:

EDM. H. Devis,` JAMES B. McFAnDEN. 

